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TIL the average commercial airliner gets hit by lightning a little more than once a year

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mx4bP TIL that a locked up, solar powered satellite computer was successfully turned off and on again by changing its trajectory to pass through the shadow of the moon
oLNE TIL The novel Rum Diary(written in 1950s) was not released until 1998, when Johnny Depp discovered the unpublished manuscript in the basement of Hunter S. Thompson’s house who also wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
xp61 TIL: Safety Beach located in Victoria, Australia. Changed its name from Sharks Cove to Safety Beach, to encourage more tourists to visit
woGo6 TIL that Seth MacFarlane was only 24 when he made Family Guy
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